"Tough match tonight on the men's side,” head coach Andrew Harris said. “ETSU played more complete matches and we had some various moments throughout the afternoon but unfortunately, we just couldn’t string together enough points. What I do know is that tomorrow we will come out with a renewed sense of urgency against Upstate."

Lipscomb’s only win for the day was at No. 3 doubles.

Junior Colby Shaw and sophomore David Salazar took down Jesus Bandres and Rogerio Ribiero 8-4.

The Bison dropped the remaining two doubles matches, allowing ETSU to pick up the doubles point early in the match.

With a 1-0 deficit, the Bison entered into singles play, but, unfortunately, were unable to secure any of the singles matches.

Strecker fell just shy at No. 1, losing in three sets to Gille, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

At No. 2, Salazar was defeated by Bandres 6-3, 6-2, and Hernandez lost at No. 3 to Ramirez 6-4, 7-5.

Shaw fell at No. 4 to Bonnevalle 6-3, 6-3, while Brown was defeated by Ribiero 6-3, 6-0 at No. 5.

Cortez was also just short of picking up a win, falling in three sets to Roger Prdeig 6-7, 6-0, 10-7.

The loss hands the Bison a 1-3 conference record heading into their second matchup of the weekend as they host USC-Upstate at the Huston-Marsh-Griffith Tennis Center. Match play will begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday.